DataCore presents a three-day, SANsymphony Administration course. This course is designed to provide SAN storage administrators, partners and system builders with the tools, knowledge and practical experience to successfully plan, implement and manage a SAN environment in which DataCore software is used for storage management, virtualization and high availability.

Audience

SAN administrators or system administrators responsible for planning, installation, and management of a DataCore SANsymphony solution.

Objectives

At the end of this training, the student will be able to:

• Describe the DataCore SANsymphony product offerings
• Discuss High Availability considerations in a SAN environment
• Identify components of a SAN installation
• Develop an installation plan for a SAN environment
• Configure a SAN with DataCore Servers, disk arrays and Hosts
• Test the SAN and monitor SAN traffic
• Install Hyperconverged Virtual SAN and configure new vdisks for use.
• Deploy the SAN and Software in accordance with currrent Best Practices
• Research the DataCore Support Database to access current product information and resolve problems

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Windows 2012 from a system administration perspective. Familiarity with SAN and storage systems.

Modules

The course modules are each delivered in two parts:

• Lecture
• Hands-on Workshops

Delivery is via a combination of instructor led lecture and hands-on workshops. The workshops provide each student with server access to a SAN.

Each student will use SANsymphony-V to virtualize storage, allocate storage to a Host, implement high availability configurations and manage the SAN environment.

In addition, they will install and perform basic configuration of a Hyperconverged Virtual SAN node.